POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: General Idea, Bayesian Probability, Montesquieu
31 Oct 2018
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Pol2103b- introduction and international relations and global politics. Pick one reading (marked with an asterisk) Submit day of topic at the beginning of class (or before) Main point (2-3 sentences), summary of supporting arguments/main points (1/2 page), No need for references maybe pg. in brackets. Essay question to a set of general questions. Abstract thought, general idea, has a speculative element to it, way of organizing facts and information; putting it together in an intelligible way, We(cid:859)(cid:396)e all theorists to some degree; we generalize and assume. It probably has something to do with what you think we should and should(cid:374)(cid:859)t pa(cid:455) atte(cid:374)tio(cid:374) to. Relationship of theory to the subject-matter it studies. Both international relations and history refer to a subject matter and an academic discipline. For a long time war was the major focus: ir vs. other realms and disciplines, politics and economics, ir and comparative politics etc.
